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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hot Weather, Camp Meeting, Second World War, First World War and Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "Hot Weather" written?
(a) August, 1938.
(b) June, 1939.
(c) September, 1938.
(d) July, 1939.

2. When was "Walden" written?
(a) June, 1939.
(b) September, 1940.
(c) August, 1941.
(d) April, 1939.

3. In "Clear Days" what Disney film did White discuss?
(a) Fantasia.
(b) Bambi.
(c) Sleeping Beauty.
(d) Cinderella.

4. The speaker in "Camp Meeting" spoke about his financial plan for taking care of who in the United States?
(a) The poor.
(b) The unemployed.
(c) The elderly.
(d) The disabled.

5. Where had White taken a trip in "Walden"?
(a) Concord, Massachusetts.
(b) Hartford, Connecticut.
(c) Buffalo, New York.
(d) Ottawa, Ontario.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?

2. When was "Salt Water Farm" written?

3. What grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?

4. What large and unattractive item did White write "came to be a sort of symbol of what I was trying to escape from" in "Removal"?

5. The first edition of One Man's Meat was published in what year?

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